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HAMILTON FIELDS LESS CUMBERSOME. Threatening Weather Brings About Considerable Scratching — Heavy Downpour Follows Races. Hamilton. Out.. August 18.— Threatening weather influenced some samera to scratch their horses this afternoon and the fields ruled smaller than on an preceding day of the meeting. A drizzling rain fell during the afternoon, but the real downpour held off until the running of the last race, when Hamilton rnaghi the tail-end of a heavy shower. The rain helped rather than hurt the going, and some good racing was witnessed. Three features were offered as attractions, including the Prince Bdward Plate, the Liverpool Handicap Steeplechase ■ad the Toronto Handicap. In the jumping race Tourney was supiioscd to be a good thing ami Courtland Smiths fencer came in for strong aapnort. He showed a good performance until the stretch, where |ie dropped back beaten. The winner in this race turned up in Bergoo. which led his field by three lengths at the finish. On the first turn of the field Bergoo was a distant trailer and looked hopelessly out of it. He gained steadily on the lust lap and finished with great speed, easily disposing of his opposition in the final quarter. It. J. Mackenzies Don Antonio, skillfully ridden by jockey Tap! in, showed a smart performance in tha Prince Edward Plate, which he won by half a dozen lengths. The speedy Ta Xun Da set a dazzling pace for six furlongs, but in the homestretch tired badly. Tom Hay ward, under a gruelling drive, jnst Managed to outlast the fast-closing Everett in the Toronto Handicap. The latter should have won easily. Fain foolishly tried to squeeze through Impossible o|ienings half a dozen times during the running, only to be repeatedly cut off aud crowded back. At the finish Everett closed with a great burst of speed and all but got up. There were almost as many good things as there were starters in the opening dash, which was for maiden two-year-olds. The winner eventually turned up in Louis* Des Cognets. which came from behind in the stretch and in a driving finish managed to outlast Golden Wedding. Seribo. a recent arrival from Xew York, closed a big gap in this race and should prove an important factor in maiden affairs from now on. Jockeys McTaggart aud Cross each rode two winners. The former is one of the best post riders on the circuit and almost invariably is first to leave the barrier. A carload of horses left tonight for Montreal to take part in the meeting to lie given at Deloriniier Park. Among the owners who shipped were P. M. Walker. Joe Jones. J. C. Rous, jr., and J. W. Ilea ley. Jockey I pton will go to Delorimier. Protagonist, which fell in a race yesterday, suffered injuries which necessitated his destruction. Protagonist was owned by J. W. Kee, chief of police at Fort Erie. William Walkers handicap horse. Stanley Fay. was jumped on and pulled up lame after his race in the Hrantfonl Handicap. Mr. Walker probably will not start the horse again until the Montreal meeting. Lady Sybil, after winning the third race for the Valley Farm Stable, was boosted 00 over her entered price by Joe Jones. She was protected and bought in. Hash and Xisi. which were sold by Joe Jones yesterday, ran first and second in the sixth race this afternoon. Xisi came from a long way back and finished like a good filly. George II. Whitney will return to Kentucky tomorrow. Mr. Whitney has a numlier of promising yearlings ai his farm near Lexington and he goes await to arrange for their being taken up and broken.
